Essays about: "redistributive policies"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words redistributive policies.

1. 6. Skill-Biased Technological Change: Distributional and Political Implications

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Emil Bustos; Jesper Vinge; [2015]
   Keywords : Income Distribution; Interest Groups; Lobbying; Skill Biased; Technological Change;

   Abstract : In this paper we synthesize theories on skill-biased technological change and political economy in order to understand the relationship between the widespread diffusion of information and communications technologies, the changes in the structure of the income distribution and the reduced levels of redistributive policies, witnessed since the 1970s. We construct a heuristic model where changes in relative supply and demand for skilled and unskilled labour, induced by skill-biased technological change, affect the distribution of income, the incentives and opportunities to organize politically and thus the relative power between different groups in society. READ MORE

3. 7. Why inertia in the European Union policies? History, Strategy and Policy Characteristics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Niklas Tideklev; [2008]
   Keywords : Inertia; Change; EU; Policy; CAP; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the European Union policies often demonstrate considerable resistance to reform. A classic exampe is the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, which illustrates the inertia that can surround EU better than any other sector. READ MORE

4. 8. Explaining Protective Trade Policies: Political Economy, Trade and Media Effects

   University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Patrik Svensson; [2003]
   Keywords : Economics; International trade; political economy; trade policy; institutional economics; special interest groups; media; framing; public opinion. Internationell handel; politisk ekonomi; handelspolitik; institutionell ekonomi; särintressen; media; framing; opinion.; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This paper draws on communications research to complement existing models of the political economy of trade policy by introducing the role of media as an institution interacting with policy makers, special interest groups and the public, influencing the formulation of policy and supporting a bias towards protective trade policies. Through the concepts of framing and perceived public opinion, media can contribute to and reinforce problem definitions and suggested solutions that limit the range of alternative policies available to policy makers. READ MORE